Universal Health Coverage Is Key To Maternal Health Post-2015

Apr 04, 2014

The “New Security Beat” blog of the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars’ Environmental Change and Security Program highlights a video from the Wilson Center discussing universal health coverage as a mechanism to continue eliminating preventable maternal deaths and morbidity post-2015. The blog cites a new PLOS Medicine Essay that “makes the case for universal health coverage as a means to prevent vulnerable and marginalized populations from slipping through the cracks.” The blog concludes, “As world leaders finalize the next global development framework, the maternal health agenda should maintain a top priority. Although maternal mortality rates have declined over the past two decades, the overwhelming need to create a framework that reduces persistent inequalities and improves life expectancy remains” (Braxton, 4/3).